Research technician II
We invite fresh college graduates interested in a future career in research and/or medicine to join our active research team as a lab technician.
Successful candidates are expected to commit to the position for minimal two years and participate in research projects studying the mechanism of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and obesity-related liver cancers.
The job duties include:
1) Research
- Studying and recording animal behavioral and metabolic phenotypes as well as drug responses
- PCR genotyping for animal colonies maintenance
- Isolating tissue, blood and urine samples for obesity, fatty liver disease and liver cancer studies.
· Assisting post-docs and graduate students in their research using state-of-art techniques
o Protein and RNA studies
o Tumor and DNA isolation and genotyping
o Immunoassays
o Plasmid construction and cell transformation
2). Lab Management
- Purchasing orders and lab organization
- Animal data recording.